Civil War Turning Point
Submitted by nick.v136 on March 16, 2011
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Civil War Turning Point
The civil war
I think that the American civil war was one of the big turning points in the United States history. The civil war gave the United States of America it independence and it also freed the slaves.
There are several reasons why these three battles were the turning points in the civil war. First, let us start with the obvious. Grants advance on Vicksburg was a major blow to the Confederate supply line. As any student of war knows, the best way to kill the enemy is to cut his supply line, thereby rendering him unable to fight. Grants actions had two consequences for the confederate army. Not only were they now unable to get supplies across the Mississippi...
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